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Manchester Central - 2025 Sewage

Polluted by sewage 1,278 hours in 2025 , monitoring offline 3,862 hours , potential overflows 3,150 hours

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You're looking at the totals that we have calculated for sewage in Manchester Central for 2025. It is an estimate, based on very poor quality live data from the Water Companies. This may not align with the 'official' reported sewage values from the water companies, which is reported in April following then end of the year - so 2025 numbers are reported in April 2026.

What's a potential overflow? If the CSO goes 'Offline' while its Overflowing, we don't know if it stopped overflowing until we get a 'Stop' event.

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Daily Data

Jan - 252 hours , 62 potential
Feb - 20 hours , 0 potential
Mar - 1 hours , 2 offline
Apr - 2 hours , 12 potential
May - 11 hours , 2 offline
Jun - 19 hours , 0 potential
Jul - 11 hours , 0 potential
Aug - 4 hours , 760 offline
Sept - 163 hours , 333 potential
Oct - 47 hours , 744 potential
Nov - 469 hours , 1,050 potential
Dec - 275 hours , 921 potential
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Totals so far

Company Site Name Receiving Waterway Overflow Days Total Duration (hours) Offline/Potential Pollution
United Utilities OXFORD ROAD / GROSVENOR STREET CSO River Medlock Via Sws 33 551 h 4m 121 h
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 24 95 h 11m 6 h
United Utilities Beaumont Building, Jnt New Bridge Street / Great Ducie Street CSO River Irwell 29 62 h 8m 4 h
United Utilities Chester Road/Great Jackson Road CSO River Medlock 12 55 h 19m -
United Utilities OXFORD ROAD / GROSVENOR STREET CSO River Medlock Via Sws 3 41 h 15m 1,096 h
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 7 41 h -
United Utilities Julia Street CSO River Irwell 31 38 h 8m 4 h
United Utilities Water Street/Liverpool Road CSO River Irwell 12 36 h 8m -
United Utilities Egerton Street / Worsley Street CSO River Medlock 46 34 h 42m 56 h
United Utilities Fairfield Street CSO River Medlock 22 34 h 36m 2 h
United Utilities Victoria Bridge Street CSO River Blakewater 29 29 h 24m 463 h
United Utilities Charles Street/Princess Street CSO River Medlock 16 27 h 46m 71 h
United Utilities PARROT STREET / BROMLOW STREET CSO Corn Brook Via Sws 16 26 h 4m 8 h
United Utilities ASPIN LANE CSO River Irk 31 24 h 56m 4 h
United Utilities Julia Street CSO River Irwell 9 21 h 8m -
United Utilities Water Street/New Quay Street CSO River Irwell 9 18 h 32m -
United Utilities Princess Street/Whitworth Street CSO River Medlock Via Sws 11 13 h -
United Utilities Chester Road/Great Jackson Road CSO River Medlock 1 12 h 2m -
United Utilities Beaumont Building, Jnt New Bridge Street / Great Ducie Street CSO River Irwell 4 11 h 12m 4 h
United Utilities Water Street (Manchester) CSO River Irwell 16 10 h 56m 72 h
United Utilities Chester Street CSO River Medlock 1 10 h 26m -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO Harrop Brook 1 10 h 24m -
United Utilities Mancunian Way CSO River Medlock Via Sws 3 10 h 3m -
United Utilities Victoria Bridge Street CSO River Blakewater 6 6 h 36m -
United Utilities Bridge Street CSO River Irwell 9 6 h 30m 0 h
United Utilities ASPIN LANE CSO River Irk 8 6 h 22m -
United Utilities Fairfield Street CSO River Medlock 2 5 h 14m -
United Utilities Miller St/Corporation St CSO River Irk 7 5 h 4m 3,214 h
United Utilities ASSHETON ROAD CSO Clvrt River Mersey 6 4 h 58m 0 h
United Utilities PARROT STREET / BROMLOW STREET CSO Corn Brook Via Sws 3 3 h 48m -
United Utilities ROLLESTON AVENUE / BUTLER STREET CSO River Medlock 4 3 h 22m 0 h
United Utilities BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO River Irwell 18 3 h 20m 13 h
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 2 3 h 17m -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO River Medlock 1 3 h 6m -
United Utilities Egerton Street / Worsley Street CSO River Medlock 1 2 h 32m 3 h
United Utilities Bridge Street West CSO River Irwell 5 1 h 54m -
United Utilities LORD NORTH STREET / CLIFTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook 3 1 h 46m -
United Utilities Bromley Street Nr Railway Arch CSO River Irk 1 1 h 44m 1 h
United Utilities Dantzic Street CSO River Irk 2 1 h 1 h
United Utilities Mallard Street/Charles Street CSO River Medlock 1 0 h 46m 5 h
United Utilities Briscoe Lane CSO River Medlock 2 0 h 40m -
United Utilities Junction of GRAVER LANE and ELSMA ROAD CSO Berry Brow Culvert 1 0 h 18m 1 h
United Utilities Culcheth Lane CSO River Medlock 1 0 h 16m -
United Utilities CHORLTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook Rvr Medloc 1 0 h 14m 18 h
United Utilities MOUNT STREET / GREEK STREET CSO River Medlock 1 0 h 12m -
United Utilities BLACKFRIARS STREET CSO River Irwell 1 0 h 4m -
United Utilities Cambridge Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Verdon Street/Scotland Combined Sewer Overflow River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Water Street/Liverpool Road CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities Water Street/New Quay Street CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bridge Street West CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities Water Street (Manchester) CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities Great Bridgewater Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Culcheth Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Mancunian Way CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Mallard Street/Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bury New Road/Waterloo Road CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities Cambridge Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Hillkirk Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Great Bridgewater Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Holt Lane (Failsworth ) SSO Lords Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Long Millgate_Near Manchester Cathedral Gardens_CSO River Irk 0 0 h 0 h
United Utilities Briscoe Lane CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities ROLLESTON AVENUE / BUTLER STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities FAILSWORTH WwTW River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h 57 h
United Utilities MOUNT STREET / GREEK STREET CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities BANK STREET STORAGE TANK CSO (28CSO123) River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bridge Street CSO River Irwell 0 0 h -
United Utilities DANTZIC STREET / WARFORD STREET CSO River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities ASSHETON ROAD CSO Clvrt River Mersey 0 0 h -
United Utilities Hillkirk Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities LORD NORTH STREET / CLIFTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Miller St/Corporation St CSO River Irk 0 0 h 1,720 h
United Utilities Princess Street/Whitworth Street CSO River Medlock Via Sws 0 0 h -
United Utilities Junction of GRAVER LANE and ELSMA ROAD CSO Berry Brow Culvert 0 0 h -
United Utilities DANTZIC STREET / WARFORD STREET CSO River Irk 0 0 h 9 h
United Utilities Dantzic Street CSO River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Lostock Close / Chale Close CSO (282D0) River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Charles Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Lostock Close / Chale Close CSO (282D0) River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities BANK STREET STORAGE TANK CSO (28CSO123) River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Long Millgate_Near Manchester Cathedral Gardens_CSO River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Holt Lane (Failsworth ) SSO Lords Brook 0 0 h 5 h
United Utilities Bury New Road/Waterloo Road CSO River Irwell 0 0 h 9 h
United Utilities Beswick Street/Ashton New Road CSO River Medlock 0 0 h 32 h
United Utilities Beswick Street/Ashton New Road CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Palmerston Street CSO Harrop Brook 0 0 h -
United Utilities Chester Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -
United Utilities Bromley Street Nr Railway Arch CSO River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities CHORLTON STREET CSO Shooters Brook Rvr Medloc 0 0 h -
United Utilities Verdon Street/Scotland Combined Sewer Overflow River Irk 0 0 h -
United Utilities Charles Street/Princess Street CSO River Medlock 0 0 h -

Data Sources & Accuracy

EDM (Event Duration Monitoring) data and Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions from Environment Agency & Data Map Wales, and Scottish Water

Experimental derived data from Thames Water API, Some data may be missing or inaccurate. Live sewage data from Stream Water API

Uses Environment Agency rainfall data from the real-time data API (Beta) - Rainfall data is delayed by up to two days.

This website is intended to provide an accurate representation of the Environment Agency data. The data is hard to use, and thus some errors may have been made. If you find something that is incorrect, please raise an issue at the GitHub issues page and we'll endeavour to fix it quickly.

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